A presentation on how new regulations by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will impact construction fleets. Presented at the CalAPA Northern California Paving Contractors Dinner April 23, 2014 at the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento.

1. Construction Fleet Check-up
CARB Truck & Equipment Rules
Presented by
Sean Edgar
Director
April 23, 2014

2. CleanFleets
Company Overview
 Fleet engineering
services support to
fleet owners for over
a decade
 Assigned to cover
CARB in 2000
 Training and fleet
compliance services
to major associations
and to CARB
Presentation Overview
 Portable engines
 Offroad engines
 Truck & Bus engines
 Tomorrow’s hearing will
provide many contractors
more time to comply

3. CARB is Almost 50 Years Old
Major initiatives:
 Catalytic converters
 Lead removal from gasoline
 Low sulfur diesel
 MTBE/oxygenated fuels
 ZEV/PZEV/ULEV/SULEV

4. The Problem With Diesel Trucks
% of Total
On-Road Vehicles
Heavy Duty
2%
Light &
Medium
98%
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Total Vehicle
Emissions
30%
65%
NOx PM10

5. CARB Portable Rule

6. Fleet Requirements
 Starting January 1, 2010, all portable diesel-fueled engines shall be
certified to meet a federal or California standard for newly
manufactured nonroad engines (that is, certified to Tier 1, 2 or 3
nonroad engine standards).
 Each fleet is subject to and shall comply with the following weighted
PM emission fleet averages expressed as grams per brake
horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr) by the listed compliance dates:

7. CARB Offroad Regulation
 Regulatory Definition: “diesel fueled or alternative diesel fueled off-road
compression ignition vehicle engine with maximum power of 25 horsepower (hp)
or greater that is used to provide motive power in a workover rig or to provide
motive power in any other motor vehicle that (1) cannot be registered and driven
safely on-road or was not designed to be driven on-road, and (2) is not an
implement of husbandry or recreational off-highway vehicle.
 What’s out: “vehicles that were designed to be driven on-road, and have on-road
engines are considered on-road and are specifically excluded from this regulation.”

8. Offroad Vehicle 2014 Action Plan

9. CARB Onroad (Truck & Bus Regulation)
 Regulatory Definition: “Affected vehicles are those that operate on diesel-
fuel, dual-fuel, or alternative diesel-fuel that are registered to be driven on
public highways, were originally designed to be driven on public highways
whether or not they are registered, yard trucks with on-road engines or yard
trucks with off-road engines used for agricultural operations, both engines of
two-engine sweepers, schoolbuses, and have a manufacturer’s gross vehicle
weight rating (GVWR) greater than 14,000 pounds (lbs).”
 Sean’s Definition: If it looks like F450 or 4500 truck and bigger, if it drives
like a truck and has a truck engine then it’s a truck regardless of DMV
registration or whether it drives on public roads.

10. 201 Engine Technology by 2023
 What is 2010 Engine Technology?
 Cleanest for PM & NOx
 When do I need to buy 2010 Engine
Technology?
 Depends on fleet size, or
 Contractors license, or
 Truck type

11. Heavy Trucks
(>26K lbs GVWR)
“Engine Model Year” Schedule
Schedule for Heavier Trucks and Buses
Engine Year PM Filter 2010 MY Engine
Pre-1994 Not required January 1, 2015
1994-1995 Not required January 1, 2016
1996-1999 January 1, 2012 January 1, 2020
2000-2004 January 1, 2013 January 1, 2021
2005 or newer January 1, 2014 January 1, 2022
2007-2009 Already equipped January 1, 2023

12. Heavier Trucks
Phase In Option
Phase In Option for Heavier Trucks
Compliance Date Vehicles w/ PM Filters
January 1, 2012 30%
January 1, 2013 60%
January 1, 2014 90%
January 1, 2015 90%
January 1, 2016 100%

13. Truck and Bus Changes Tomorrow

14. Roadside Inspection Program
Source: www.youtube.com and
search “Diesel Crackdown”

15. Delinquent Citation Enforcement
• DMV “registration holds” (~2000 to date)
• CHP “out of service process” per Vehicle
Code section 27159 (~500 to date -- vehicles
held)
• CARB obtains judgments in Sacramento
Superior Court under authority of California
Health and Safety Code section 44011.6 (~
3,500 obtained to date)
• CARB executes judgments to place liens on
property, etc.

16. Enforcement Going Forward
• Roadside Inspections
• Weigh Stations
• TRUCRS “Compliance by Internet and
Mail”
• “Competitive Compliance”
1-(800) END SMOG

17. My Contact Info
Sean Edgar
Director
CleanFleets.net
916-520-6040
Sean@
CleanFleets.net